True. Probably would have been in a similar spot (I've got a pretty strong entrepreneurial drive), but who knows what it would have been.
It's always interesting to look backward and realize how just a small change early on in life would have put you in a different path. Makes the whole "butterfly effect" thing more plausible...well except the time travel part of it ;) On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 12:57 PM James Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes but also because you’re a nerd > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, June 16, 2022 12:51 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] BBS > > > > The reason why PacketFlux Exists can be traced back to a BBS. > > > > I ran a BBS briefly around 1990 or so while I was in college. > > > > Then, the State of Montana wanted someone to do customer support and run > their BBS. So I applied for that job, got it and moved to Montana. > > > > After going through internet withdrawals, I made a presentation to the > local computer users group about the internet and suggested a group of us > start an ISP. > > > > That ISP turned into a WISP in 1997. > > > > As we added sites we discovered we needed a cheaper cambium Sync > Alternatives and also site monitoring. Nothing really existed so > packetflux was born. > > > > So, one can trace the path from packetflux all the way back to me running > a BBS in college... each probably wouldn't have happened if I hadn't run > that BBS. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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